Artist alias request thread

Posted under General

SilverAsh_Elite2X2 said in forum #441729:

BUR #60092 has been rejected.

rename yat_(tsmn7245) -> sarkazsc

The artist uses this nickname on their profiles, such as X, Pixiv, and Bilibili, and it seems more straightforward than the current one

This should be an alias, not a rename, so that people who type their old artist name get redirected to the current tag. This artist tag also has less than 200 posts so you should be able to approve your own BUR in topic #33148.

nsmrtmr1 said in forum #441730:

This should be an alias, not a rename, so that people who type their old artist name get redirected to the current tag. This artist tag also has less than 200 posts so you should be able to approve your own BUR in topic #33148.

Isn't it still a variant to just put the old name to the "Other names" section?

And, I just needed a second opinion.

SilverAsh_Elite2X2 said in forum #441731:

Isn't it still a variant to just put the old name to the "Other names" section?

And, I just needed a second opinion.

Aliases are preferred over renames for the reason stated by nsmrtmr1. You can find this in the third point of the Guidelines for requests in forum #46810.